Kitchen Gas Appliances - installing a gas oven

Just checking.

I am having a gas stove delivered. They wanted $167.00 dollars to install it. It a push in model and will fit in where the old one was. Am I missing something? Do I need to do more that connect the gas and plug it in? They sold me the new gas connector so I will have that right.

Is it any different that hooking up a gas dryer?

Hello Debra

Basically nothing different between connecting the two appliances. Except one item. If the new connector fits the current shutoff valve on the gas pipe extending out of the wall.

New style connectors do not fit old style shutoff valves.
Depending on the age of the house, it may have the old style shutoff valve or it may not have one at all.

If the current shutoff valve or adaptor installed on the gas pipe needs to be replaced, the gas to the house should be shutoff first.

Often times the adaptor or current shutoff valve is installed tightly, as it should be. In this case, use two wrenches, one on the part and the other to hold the pipe from turning with the part {shutoff valve or adaptor} your removing.

Regards & Good Luck
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Tom_Bartco
Energy Conservation Consultant & Natural Gas Appliance Diagnostics Technician.

Thanks for your help. Last night I installed the oven but the new flexible gas hose was MUCH larger than the one coming out of the floor. I took both hoses to the hardware store and tried to explain to the young man that I need an adapter to go from the small tapered plug to fit the bigger screw on hose. He did not have a clue. I knew what I wanted but he sold me something that I knew in my heart would not work. I got home and he sold me a 2 inch piece of pipe with threads inside that he said would fit over the old pipe. I ended up going back to the store and talked to some customers that were in the gas pipe asile and they hooked me up with what I needed. (All I needed was a large nipple that would fit my pipe in the floor.)

I put it all together and ta-da, I have a working stove again. Wish the hardware store had a computer, I would have instructed him to look it up on this site. Thanks!

Debby,your story is nothing new. I am a service tech at an appliance store. We also have in shop service. We sell appliances and parts. In my opinion ,at places like Sears ,Best Buy etc, the salesmen should have a service background, so they actually know how the things they sell work. At our place when appliances are delivered, 2 of us usually go.Always one of us is a service tech. You dont get those "I dunno why its not working lady ,Im just a delivery guy". More than once Ive delivered say an electric dryer and had the new one not work "Just like the old one", because it was a problem with the house wiring or other things.I believe it saves time and money to have someone with technical troubleshooting backgroung along. Many times if I am in the store I will sell a customer an appliance ,deliver it,install it,and if need be ,service it too.